Bishop of West Malaysia

[1] Anglicanism came to the Malay Peninsula following the establishment of the British East India Company's administered settlement on Penang island in 1786.The local magistrate, George Caunter, was appointed a Lay Clerk/Acting Chaplain to provide spiritual ministry to the settlers.In 1867, the administration of the Straits Settlements passed from the hands of the East India Company to the British Crown and in 1869, Anglican churches in the Straits Settlements was placed under the episcopal supervision of the Bishop of Labuan and her Dependencies with the diocese expanded and renamed as the Diocese of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore.[3] After the Independence of Singapore in 1965, Singapore was separated from the diocese and in 1970, the Diocese of West Malaysia was established with the former Bishop of Sabah, Roland Koh, being appointed as the first Bishop of West Malaysia.[5] Provisional approval of the Provincial Synod for the creation of the new dioceses by 2020 has since been obtained.
West MalaysiaMalaysiaPeninsular MalaysiaEcclesiastical provinceChurch of the Province of South East AsiaSt. Mary's CathedralAnglicanDiocese of West MalaysiaKuala LumpurMalay PeninsulaBritish East India CompanyDiocese of CalcuttaChurch of St. George the MartyrStraits SettlementsBishop of Labuan and her DependenciesIndependence of MalayaIndependence of SingaporeRoland Koharea diocesesBishop of CalcuttaThomas MiddletonReginald HeberThomas JamesJohn TurnerDaniel WilsonGeorge CottonWalter ChambersGeorge HoseCharles Ferguson-DavieBasil RobertsLeonard WilsonHenry BainesKenneth SansburyChiu Ban ItRt RevNg Moon HingArchbishop of South East AsiaAnglicanism